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World J Radiol. May 28, 2016; 8(5): 530-536
Published online May 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i5.530
Published online May 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i5.530
Follow-up of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: Preliminary validation of digital tomosynthesis and contrast enhanced ultrasound in detection of medium- to long-term complications
Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Nevada Cioffi Squitieri, Dario Notaro, Luca Volterrani, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuro Sciences, Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy
Francesco Giuseppe Mazzei, Palmino Sacco, Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy
Gianmarco de Donato, Giuseppe Galzerano, Carlo Setacci, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuro Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, University of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy
Francesco Setacci, Department of General Surgery “P.Valdoni”, First School of Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 00161 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Mazzei MA, Guerrini S, Mazzei FG, Cioffi Squitieri N, Notaro D, de Donato G, Galzerano G, Sacco P and Setacci F made substantial contributions to conception and design of the study, and acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data; Mazzei MA, Guerrini S and Setacci C contributed to drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content; Mazzei MA, Volterrani L and Setacci C approved the final version to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the University of Siena Institutional Review Board.
Clinical trial registration statement: None.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Maria Antonietta Mazzei, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuro Sciences, Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Viale Bracci 10, 53100 Siena, Italy. mariaantonietta.mazzei@unisi.it
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Received: August 29, 2015
Peer-review started: September 7, 2015
First decision: December 7, 2015
Revised: January 25, 2016
Accepted: February 16, 2016
Article in press: February 17, 2016
Published online: May 28, 2016
Processing time: 263 Days and 9.7 Hours
Peer-review started: September 7, 2015
First decision: December 7, 2015
Revised: January 25, 2016
Accepted: February 16, 2016
Article in press: February 17, 2016
Published online: May 28, 2016
Processing time: 263 Days and 9.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Follow-up of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: A preliminary study to validate the feasibility of digital tomosynthesis of the abdomen combined with contrast enhanced ultrasound.